Apparatus for quenching coke



(Nvo Model.) v 2. sheets-sheet 1. T. R. OSBOURN.

APPARATUS FOR QUEN]I1\I(:rvv COKE.

No. 469.868.. A Patented Mar. l, 1892.

f (No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

T. R. osBoURN. APPARATUS FOR QUENGHING COKE.

No. 469,868. Patentd Mar. 1, 1892.

'-WITNESSES Y Y INYENTOR www M I @50mg/ l E 5,( 2 aufn NITED STATES PATENT Clarion.

THOMAS R. osBoURN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR QUENCYHING COKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,868, dated March 1, 1892.

Application filed March 9, 1891.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.: I

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. OsBoURN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Quenching Coke, of which the'following is a specification. j

According to the practice hitherto in vogue, the coke has been quenched by the direct application of Water to themass within the oven Within which the coking operation has been conducted.

In an application for Letters Patent, filed December 17, 1890, I have described and claimed as my invention certain improvements connected With the quencing of coked coal, in which the heated coke removed from the'coking oven is treated or subjected in a closed receptacle to the action of steam,- small jets of Water injected into the receptacle being sprayed upon the heated coke, and by contact With it converted into steam, With the resultant effect of quenching the coke.

'My present invention has relation to my former invention, and comprehends certain improvements in apparatus for the quenching of coke by steam.

Expressed in general terms, my invention comprehends a suitable`receptacle, chamber, vessel, or receiving case, be its form, proportions, or dimensions, what they may, which is adapted to receive the charge of coke to be quenched, and which is Wholly or in part double-Walled, j acketed, or incased, or so votherwise Vprovided With a Water chamber to contain water, than When the charge is introduced into the said receptacle its action of heat radiation to and upon the Water in the Water compartment will be such as to convert the Water into steam and occasion the influx of such steam into the coke-containing receptacle through such suitable apertures, orifices, pipes, or injectors, as maybe necessary to place the steam generating compartpartment in communication with the cokecontaining compartment.

Obviously the mechanical embodiment of my invention may be varied, and I do not re strictmyself to any special formor construction of it, although, in practice, such an apparatus Serial No. 384,360. (No model.)

as is represented in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described conveniently embodies my invention.

The apparatus in question is in the form of a car in order that it may be caused to present itself in turn to the ovens of a battery of ovens, in order to receive from each its charge of coke to be quenched.

In the drawings, Figure lis a vertical, longitudinal, sectional, elevation on the linexof Fig. 2 through a receptacle mounted upon Wheels and embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional elevation through the same on the line of y y of Fig. I.

A represents the coke-containing compartment of the car or receptacle per Se.

B is the Water-containing compartment or jacket, in which the Water is placed and the steam generated by the action of the hot coke in the compartment A, and from which the steam is dischargedk into said compartment A conveniently through the spraying pipes C, which are simply an ordinary form of steampipe placed in either compartment and communicating with both compartments. In the construction represented a series of these pipes C is employed, and the pipes are provided Wi th a series of spraying orifices c Which face and discharge into the coke-containing compartment,.while the inlet ends c of the pipes open Within the Water compartment. In the arrangement, moreover, represented in the drawings the Water compartment is subdivided by partitions b to form a series of separate sub-compartments, in each of which a predetermined quantity of water is introduced, and each of which sub-compartments is separately provided with spraying pipes. This sub-division,however, is simply for convenience and lnot of the essence of the invention. In the car shown, I have also represented a central longitudinal Water compartment BX, which may, if desired, be dispensed with or added to by theconstruction of transverse of otherwise disposed additional Water compartments.

The object of additional water compartments is simply to permit of the sub-division of the coke in order that the entire mass may be thoroughly subjected to the steam. The

pipes shown are represented as supported by IOC angle irons bx, but they may be otherwise applied and connected. lVater inlets c are shown as applied to the Water compartments.

D is the cover of the car or receptacle, rep resented in the construction shown to be itself provided with a water-containing compartment d provided with spraying pipes d with spraying orifices d which when the cover is in place discharge into the coke-containing compartment of the car. The cover represented is dome-shaped and provided with an internal flange d3, so as to be adapted to be fitted air-tight upon the body ot' the car.

In piace of the cover represented, any other form or cover may, if desired, be employed to tightly inciose the coke-containing receptacle. If desired, moreover, the car or coke-containing receptacle may be provided with a discharging door or dump formed in its bottom or walls.

The arrangement of spraying pipes represented is a convenient one, but it may obviously be modified without departure from the invention, and in the matter of the proportioning and relative disposition of the cokecontaining and Water containing compartments radical Variations can be made, it being, however, of prime import-ance that the relative disposition of the respective com partments should be such that the heat of the charge of coke can be radiated through the walls of the partitions which happen to divide the respective compartments. It is proper, also, to state that the spraying pipes are simply a typical means ot' communication between the water-containing and coke-containing compartments ofthe apparatus as a whole, and that their arrangement is `to be preferably snch that they are in communication with the upper portion or portions of the wa ter compartment and with the lower portion or portions of the coke-compartmen t, in order that they may receive the steam near the upper part or parts of the water compartments and discharge it near the lower part or parts of the coke compartments.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An apparatus for quenching coke by steam, consisting of a closed car, chamber, or 5o other receptacle, adapted to contain coke, provided With a second or external Wall which forms with the Wall of thereceptacieaclosed water containing compartment or jacket to receive the heat radiated from the coke, a Waf ter supply discharging into said Water containing compartment, and steam outlets leading from the upper portion of said watercoutaining compartment and discharging into the coke receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus for quenching coke consisting of a closed receptacle or chamber embodying a compartment adapted to receive a mass ot' heated coke, and a series of closed independent Water compartments arranged in such disposition as to expose the contents of all to the heat of the mass of coke,awater supply discharging into each Water compart- 1nent,and a steam discharge from each water compartment to the coke receptacle,substan tially as set forth.

3. An apparatus for quenching coke which consists in a coke receiver the Wall ot' which embodies a series of independent water compartments placed onem above the other so as -to expose al1 to the heat of a contained mass, which compartments elnbody liquid orifices, and water supply inlets, substantially asset forth.

4. An apparatus for quenching coke embodying a chamber adapted to contain coke,- a series of distinct Waterconipartm ents adapted to con tain Water,aseries of outlets arranged in the respective upper portions of the respective water compartments, and a pipe connection leading from said outlets to and `discharging into the coke compartment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto signed my namey this 6th day of February, A. D. 189.1.

THOMAS R. OSBOURN.

In presence of J. BoNsALL TAYLOR, F. NORMAN DIXoN. 

